:;5o European Butterflies and Moths. 



is wanting on the hind-wings ; the second Hne fine, sharply defined, waved and followed by 

 a broad central shade, on which the waved subtcrminal line is very distinctly marked. The 

 fore-wings are marked with three nearly straight oblique lines, at equal distances, and a 

 distinct central dot ; on the hind-wings the central shade passes over the dot. Inhabits 

 Central Europe and Western Asia in July. {A. Albiceraria, Herr.-Schaff., is dull waxen-yellow, 

 with black central and marginal dots ; the inner line is absent ; the others are double, reddish, 

 and scarcely dentated. It is said to occur in South Europe. A. Stdplniraria, Freyer, from 

 Sarepta and Armenia, is allied to this, but the fore-wings are longer and more pointed, the 

 colour is pale sulphur-yellow, the lines are straighter, and the inner line is well marked.) 



6l. A. Adjiuictaria (Boisd.). — Resembles Stvigaria ; wings dirty white, dusted with black, 

 with three parallel and scarcely waved lines between the middle and the tip ; the inner line is 

 nearly straight. On the under side the wings are more shining, with two lines on the fore-wings, 

 and three on the hind-wings. It is found in the mountains of Lombardy in August. 



*62. A. Marginepnnctata (Goeze), Proninlata (Gudn.). — Resembles Incanata, but smaller, and 

 more coarsely dusted, the first line of the fore-wings expanded into dots on the nervures, and the 

 second interrupted below the costa ; beyond the middle the subterminal line forms two curves 

 filled up with dusky, and the fringes are uniformly dusted with dashes. Expands about three- 

 quarters of an inch. Widely distributed in Central and Southern Europe, and in Northern and 

 Western Asia, in May and June. The larva is moderately slender, pale brownish, with a dark 

 line and dark dots on the back. It feeds on Scdiiin and chickweed till May. {A. Beckeraria, 

 Led., from Sarepta and Armenia, resembles this, but is of a uniform dirty chamois colour, and 

 the space between the second line and the hind margins of all the wings is almost without 

 markings, the pale subterminal line being scarcely indicated.) 



6'},. A. Luridata (Zell.). — Resembles Marginepnnctata in the shape of the second and subter- 

 minal lines, but the transverse lines and central shade are expanded into distinct spots on the 

 costa of the fore-wings, the first line is not thickened on the nervures, and the marginal line is 

 narrowly black ; hind-wings with one pair of spurs in both sexes. The ground-colour varies 

 considerably ; it may be whitish, ashy, or tinged with rosy. Expands nearly i \ inches. Inhabits 

 South Europe and Western Asia in June. The larva is bluish-grey, with two blue lines on the 

 back, and a white stripe on the sides. It feeds on lichens till May. {A. Ccenosaria, Led., from 

 Greece and Western Asia, is closely allied to this, but is dull ochre-yellow, dusted with black, 

 and the hind tibije are unspurred in the male, but provided with both middle and terminal spurs 

 in the female. A. Rufomixiata, Ramb., from France and Spain, is also closely allied to Luridata ; 

 it is greyish-white, washed with black, with a narrow marginal line ; fore-wings with three or four 

 equidistant waved and dentated lines, placed on a dark ochreous-yellow shading ; hind-wings 

 with three suffused and denticulated shaded lines ; fringes tinged with ochreous. The larva is 

 long, and grey, with a darker line on the back. It feeds on Sileiie injiata in May, and the moth 

 appears in June and July.) 



64. A. Subniutata (Tr.). — Wings white, or reddish-white, dusted with blackish ; bluish-grey 

 in the marginal area, with black central dots, and a light subterminal line projecting into large 

 curves below the costa and in the middle ; the fore-wings with three rusty-brown transverse lines 

 expanded into spots on the costa, and the hind-wings with two ; the hind-wings excavated above 

 the middle ; the marginal line narrowly black, and the fringes spotted with dusky. Expands 

 about 1} inches. Inhabits South Europe and Western Asia in May and September. The larva 

 is long, glaucous-green, with a fine white line on the back, and a broad one on the sides. It 

 feeds on thyme in April and July. 



